Monologue

Oceana Monologue from The Naturewoman

From The Naturewoman by Upton Sinclair

female · defiant · 1:08 min

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Married! Married! That is the sorcery with which you bind him! No longer a man at all, but some aborted thing... a relic! An eunuch! They mumble their incantations over you... the spell is done, and you sink back, cowed and whimpering! You are a machine, a domestic utensil! Never again are you to love and to dare to create No, there are other things in life for you... bread and butter, cooks and dinner parties, billiards and bridge-whist... that is your portion! A married man! (LETITIA: Henry! For God's sake!) Don't you see, man? It's a dream! A nightmare! Rouse yourself, lift your head... and it's gone! Life is calling! Come away!

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30s · anger · identity · freedom · power · gender roles

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